Jobs for vital volunteers
Week: 07 | 13th February 2020 | LifestyleAVRIL Bannatyne has volunteered at The Buccleuch Centre since it opened in 2007. Her reasons for volunteering are many. She had just retired and wanted to keep busy. She said: “I realised the centre had great potential for being a…
Upland bursary for Langholm ceramicist
Week: 07 | 13th February 2020 | Arts and Entertainment NewsOrganisation will provide programme of mentoring and support EMERGING ceramic artist Sophie Jarzyna has been awarded a bursary from arts and crafts organisation Upland through its Emerge project. This is a nine-month programme of mentoring and a bursary for emerging…
Oz flags fly at tower
Week: 07 | 13th February 2020 | NewsPerth couple send flags in memory of their border ancestors AN AUSTRALIAN couple, who visited Gilnockie Tower last autumn, sent two of their country’s flags to be flown from the tower’s flagpoles on Australia Day. Shellie and Brett Cummings of…
Moor buy-out deadline approaches
Week: 07 | 13th February 2020 | NewsTHE Langholm Initiative is continuing to work towards a community buy-out of Langholm Moor. Feasibility studies are now complete and their findings are being considered in detail by the board and members of the working group. The organisation is in…
Plan for troubled kids’ school must go public
Week: 07 | 13th February 2020 | NewsCompany urged to talk to Langholm residents about proposal CONCERNS have been raised with a Langholm councillor about a proposal by a company to buy the former primary school and convert it into an independent school for troubled children. Councillor…
Floods, gales, ice and snow a typical Scottish February
Week: 07 | 13th February 2020 | NewsEskdale and Liddesdale struggle through atrocious winter weather this week Scotland said officers all over Dumfries and Galloway were dealing with a number of road traffic collisions. A yellow weather warning remained in place for ice and drivers should expect…
Plugging the hole in lost European funds
Council writes to politicians to ask for their support post-Brexit…
Krakow and the real horrors of Auschwitz
An account of a visit to this marvellous city and…
Council struggles over windfarm objection
Community councillors debate the need for more wind turbines TWO…
Rural poverty missed
Deprivation index is biased towards urban not rural locations EW…
Langholm cannabis oil factory gets go-ahead
A number hurdles still to cross but it’s a step…
Langholm with the Lid Off
In his introduction to Langholm with the Lid Off, author…
Popular event packs out hall
EVERY seat was filled in Newcastleton village hall for the…
Copshaw in spotlight as campaign launches
Scotland Starts Here will raise profile to attract more tourists…
Log wagon driver admits killing cyclist
Canonbie trucker admits causing death by careless driving CANONBIE trucker…
Expanding industry needs more workers
Langholm and Hawick collaborate on textile training course A GROWTH…
Vital public service will not be lost to Langholm
Good news for both locals and visitors THE news that…
Low wages contribute to more food bank use
Report shows a 22 per cent rise in use in…
Neil is auctioneers’ group champion
Week: 04 | 23rd January 2020 | Farming and EnvironmentTHE Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland (IAAS) has appointed an executive director to intensify its fight for the interests of members and the wider livestock industry. Neil Wilson has started work with the highly-respected organisation and brings with…
Food parcels are only the start
Week: 04 | 23rd January 2020 | Lifestyle NewsHAZEL Thompson, manager at Kate’s Kitchen, has watched demand steadily grow and her view is that delays in receiving benefits cause most of the problems. She said: “Demand is increasing all the time. It’s weird. It’s generally a steady increase…
Positive response to holiday pod proposal
Week: 04 | 23rd January 2020 | Lifestyle NewsBusiness wants to expand park to attract more overnight visitors A HOLIDAY park outside Newcastleton has applied for planning permission to build 17 pods to provide short-term holiday lets. Riverview Holiday Park at Mangerton opened in 2002 when planning permission…
Town’s ambition to be a creative place
Week: 04 | 23rd January 2020 | Arts and Entertainment NewsOutPost Arts receives funding to run art clubs for all enthusiasts AN AMBITION to make Langholm a creative place for young and old has taken a significant step forward. OutPost Arts has launched its 2020 project, A Creative Place. It…
Purr-fect” partners cool as cats on the ice
Week: 04 | 23rd January 2020 | Arts and EntertainmentLibby and Mark score sevens and go forward to next round THEY looked the “purr-fect” partnership and, after scoring another four sevens, Libby Clegg and Mark Hanretty looked like the cats who got the cream. In their second Dancing on…
Up to 20 turbines are on cards for Bentpath
Week: 04 | 23rd January 2020 | NewsDeveloper proposes to construct a windfarm in Meggat Valley A WINDFARM of up to 20 turbines is proposed for a remote valley near Bentpath. Oakridge Energy has submitted a scoping report to the Scottish government’s Energy and Consents Unit for…
The Moldova Experience
Copshaw schoolboy Dean Armstrong learns new house building skills to…
A Sailor went to sea, sea, sea
For E&L Life Editor Gilly Fraser, an unexpected joint project…
Finding the stars in Copshaw
The brand new Liddesdale Performing Arts Society brought Copshaw audiences…
Libby... the finest girl!
A SENSATIONAL performance on the ice produced an astounding first-round…
Conan takes gold
Running TEENAGE runner Conan Harper won a team gold medal…
Call to act quickly over dangerous Eskdale road - Water pours on to the A7 at same spot as an earlier landslide
HEAVY rain and high winds disrupted travel last Saturday and…
Mascots United
Rugby A TOTAL of 90 youngsters and their families from…
Sounds of the past - Original school bell to be rehung at the new primary
AN IMPORTANT piece of Langholm’s heritage has been rescued and…
A previous year test
The Muckle Toon Pantomime returns with festive fun for all the family
What links Langholm with 15th century Italy? A well-established and…
Kippford & Rockcliffe Circular via Rough Island.
Distance: 4.6 miles if you include Rough Island or 3.5…
Blue Flight in the pink at Kelso: Blue Flight in the pink at Kelso
Horseracing ED CHAMBERLIN will lead the ITV racing team when…
Academy plant sale flourishes
Week: 50 | 16th December 2019 | NewsIT’S time to get planting so make a bee-line for the Langholm Academy plant sale next week. The pupils have been busy growing various flowers, plants and vegetable plants to sell at their annual sale next Wednesday, May 29. New…
Langholm lads help Hawick
Week: 50 | 12th December 2019 | Rugby SportRugby Morrison’s Academy 17 Hawick High School 41 THREE Langholm lads helped Hawick High School to their first win of the boys’ schools cup final when they beat Morrison’s Academy to take the U16 bowl final. Hughie Donaldson, Ben Jardine…
Langholm come third in athletics final
Week: 50 | 12th December 2019 | Athletics SportAthletics LANGHOLM and Canonbie primary schools competed at Annandale and Eskdale primary schools Sportshall Athletics finals in Moffat last Friday. In the large schools’ event, which attracted six entries, Langholm were third behind Moffat and Newington. The Annan school now…
Hat-trick but still a defeat
Week: 50 | 12th December 2019 | Football SportFootball Langholm Legion 3 Tweeddale Rovers 4 THE whole match was a struggle for Legion but, despite two men being red-carded, they scored three goals through Brian Mattinson. Legion struggled to find their groove on a wet afternoon and the…
Langholm rugby holds its head high at awards
Week: 50 | 12th December 2019 | Rugby SportRugby LANGHOLM Rugby Club was in fine company at the Sunday Mail Scottish Sports Awards last Thursday. The club was one of only two rugby clubs to be shortlisted for an award, the other being the Scotland team, no less.…
A garden of delights from GQT
Week: 50 | 12th December 2019 | Arts and EntertainmentIT MAY be the bleak midwinter but that doesn’t mean the gardening stops, as a recording of BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time in Langholm discovered. The team recorded two episodes of the programme in front of an audience of…
A most exciting year for initiative team: Langholm body calls for public to attend AGM and find out more
THE Langholm Initiative has been here for 25 years writes…
Chance to buy land offers a “new dawn”: Consultation underway on the potential purchase of Holm Hill
A COMMUNITY buy-out of Holm Hill will provide a new…
Excellent duo top the bill
By Iain Bell LEONARD Brown and Malcolm Ross topped the…
Everyone a winner at awards to celebrate rural life
JUDITH Johnson’s three decades of work in the community of…
Town’s flood alert: Environment watchdog issues warning over river
A FLOOD warning was issued for Langholm on Tuesday. After…
UK’s future at stake as rancorous campaign ends: Who will be Prime Minister tomorrow?
ONE of the most bitterly-fought general election campaigns in modern…
Theatre is calling: Langholm actor accepted for prestigious stage school
Young Langholm performer Finlay Eagleson will embark on a professional…
Lighting up Langholm
THE day had everything: a crisp, sunny afternoon; Santa and…
Santa’s little helpers
LANGHOLM teenagers Emily Hislop and Jessica Kenny were in good…
Government cuts would damage recycling efforts
DECISION to bring waste services back in-house could be costly…
A humdinger of a match
U14 Rugby Langholm U14 68 Moffat U14 28 TUESDAY night’s…
Emerging talent at Kelso
Horseracing FATHER Christmas will be greeting young racegoers at Kelso…
